Cording and turning machine for boots and shoes



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P. RAINAUD. GORDING AND .TURNING MACHINE -FOR-BO0TS AND-18110118.;

' No. 243,724. Patented July 5, 1881.

- To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIBERT RAINAUD, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

CORDING AND TURNING MACHINE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,724, dated July 5, 1881. Application filed March 10, 1881. (Model.)

Be it known that I, PHILIBERT RAINAUD, of Haverhill, Essex county, Massachusetts, haveinvented anew and useful Improvementin Oording and Turning Machines for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates'to a machine designed for the purpose of turning and cording, with particular reference to the various parts of boots, shoes, and slippers. These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side view of the-machine. Fig. 2 is a front view of the machine.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both figures.

The base or standard A constitutes the framework ofthe machine, and should be fastened to some immovable object to give it firmness.

The corder E is secured to the base A by elasps H and K fastened to the corder E, but movable on the base A. The corder E is connected with the treadle B by the rod 0, and by the application of power to the treadle B can be drawn down onthe standard A. When the power is removed the extension of the spring D will cause the corder E to resume its original position, as shown in Fig. 1. In the standard A there is a hole, through which that part of the corder E surrounded by the spring D passes when the corder E is drawn down on the standard A. i

The parts F and G are called turners. Of these there are to be several sizes with each machine, and they are to be of various shapes, according to the purposes for which they are to be used. In the top of the standard A there is a hole, into which the bottom of the turner G fits. This hole may be square, as represent- 1, which secures the turner Fin its place. The

turner F fits into the corder E as the turner G fits into the standard A. The turner F must, in all cases, be secured in its place by a thumbscrew, L, in order that it may not drop out. In the top of the turner G there is a slight depression to receive the seam of the article to be turned.

' The method of the operation of the machine is as follows: The article to be turned is drawn overon the turnerF. By the application of power to the treadle B the corder E is drawn down on the standard A till the turners F and Gare brought neartogether. The article to be turned is then drawn down by hand, turning on itself over the turner G. It is removed and corded on the upper part, J, of the'corder.

I do not claim the corder, treadle, rod, spring, and standard as new inventions of themselves; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. In a cording and turning machine, the turners F and G, one rigidly held in a vertically-reciprocating head and the other supported in the end of astationary standard, all substantially as set forth.

2. In a cording and turning machine, the combination of the standard A, the treadle B, rod 0, spring D, and corder E with the turners F and G, all arranged to operate sub'stan tiall y as shown and described.

PHILIBERT RAINAUD.

WVitncsses:

FRANCIS H. PEARL, IRA A. ABBOTT. 

